Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

Identify the sum of money which Petersen Sahib bestowed upon the young Toomai.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Petersen · What happens: identify, bestow, sum · To what, where: sum, money

This is exam question 1 of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 money	case
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sum	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bestowed	obj
7	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bestowed	nsubj
8	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Petersen	flat
9	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 money	acl:relcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Toomai	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Toomai	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Toomai	amod
13	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bestowed	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the sum of money		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme
2	bestow	past	Petersen	money	upon the young Toomai	tree rules
3	sum			money		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Two annas, meant to buy a tin of sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 annas	nummod
2	annas	anna	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 meant	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 annas	punct
4	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 meant	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tin	det
8	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sweets	case
10	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	participle · passive		Two annas					tree rules
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive		a tin of sweets					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Theme

Option 2

Four annas, a small coin, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats at the bazaar

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 annas	nummod
2	annas	anna	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coin	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 annas	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 intended	punct
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 annas	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 purchase	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 purchase	det
11	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intended	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sweetmeats	case
13	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 purchase	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 bazaar	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bazaar	det
16	bazaar	bazaar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		Four annas and a small coin not said here				for the purchase of sweetmeats at the bazaar	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	purchase			sweetmeats		the bazaar			nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient at=place

Option 3

A rupee and four annas, meant for the purchase of sweetmeats for the whole camp

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rupee	det
2	rupee	rupee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 annas	cc
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 annas	nummod
5	annas	anna	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rupee	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 meant	punct
7	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rupee	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purchase	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purchase	det
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 sweetmeats	case
12	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 purchase	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 camp	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 camp	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 camp	amod
16	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	participle		a rupee and four annas not said here				for the purchase of sweetmeats for the whole camp	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for purchase=Attribute
2	purchase			sweetmeats				for the whole camp	nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Four annas, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 annas	nummod
2	annas	anna	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 intended	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 intended	punct
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 purchase	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intended	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sweetmeats	case
9	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle · passive		Four annas				for the purchase of sweetmeats	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	purchase			sweetmeats					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

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